deanna smith geiger, MMFT, RMFT
My clients are often:
Recovering from trauma
Grieving
Seeking to build coping strategies and distress tolerance
Gaining self compassion
Negotiating boundaries at home, work or in a friendship
Navigating a major life transition
Exploring identity, personal growth and change
what clients get from me:
Unconditional positive regard, non judgement, and acceptance
Empathy, compassion and deep listening to explore change and growth
A safe environment to work through difficulties
Psycho-education about effective healthy relationships, trauma recovery, and self
compassion, and mindfulness
Strategies for building more distress tolerance, including Auricular Acupuncture
Gentle challenges
deanna’s essential beliefs
Change is possible and grows from a healing therapeutic relationship
Clients are the experts of their lives
Being heard is significant to making change
Strength based approach where small changes are valued and celebrated
Painful pasts may take time and safety to share
Theories and models that inform my work include:
Attachment theory
Solution Focused Theory
Internal Family systems
Narrative Theory
Self Compassion Theory
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Auricular Acupuncture
Outside the Office
I love hanging out with my 2 Australian sheep dogs, gardening and doing yoga on my deck
I enjoy hanging out with my 2 young grandchildren and Cooking and Barbequing with my partner
My favourite past time is quiet time on my deck watching the river flow by with a good book.
I have recently retired after 30 years of working in an agency that focuses on crisis intervention and trauma recovery
RATES & AVAILABILITY
$120 per session (GST included)
Deanna sees clients virtually and in-person at our Selkirk and Beausejour offices through weekday daytimes and evenings